not being able to increase spending -- >> you are proposing education cuts right now. >> we are. most of it is higher not where you can offset. a lot of it has to do with the ability of the institutions to carry forward on a year-to-year basis. i have an explanation if you want it. the reality is, what was built on top of that $2.6 billion projected deficit was a cut in spending for municipal spending, bridgeport, hartford, new haven of $270 million. that would have put 10,000 teachers and support personnel at risk where they aren't graduating 40% of the kids already. >> one of the things, when you add pressure to austerity, it starts to come down. it's the political constituencies with the least power that get snapped. >> oftentimes the groups that have been purt most in the recession or haven't seen their income grow over the last 20, 30 years. what's important is that, i think there comes the realization that one solution of just cutting taxes, clearly to help move an economy forward, you have to think through what is going to help the economy. the idea of austerity, make peop